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Caring for your eyes as you age with Opthalmic surgeon, Kirk Stephenson

Caring for your eyes as you age with Opthalmic surgeon, Kirk Stephenson

Update: 2025-10-04

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Do discount shop reading glasses harm your eyes? Does staring at screens really harm our eyesight? If you need glasses to eat a meal, is something wrong? Kirk Stephenson, consultant ophthalmic surgeon at the Mater Private Network, gives Brendan tips on minding your eyes as you age.

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